The message is: although it failed this time, this is not the end.

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Although legal wrangling failed in this instance, it worked for another relative, Faustino Dy III, when he ran for Congress against Miss Padaca in 2001.

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Although he was expecting this result, he said his campaign had failed and "the train could now leave the station" heading for a transfer union, where Germany would act as the paymaster for the weaker economies.

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For the second time in seven months, a prototype device has failed testing at the hands of the FCC, although this time it wasn't because it was interfering with TV signals -- it just wouldn't stay powered on.

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Although four parties formed an electoral pact this week and earlier launched a puzzling, failed attempt to secure a no-confidence vote in parliament, it seems curiously quiet.

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Although most of those measures failed to pass, many of them are back on the docket this year.

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Although the company showed some good signs in its most recent quarter, TI failed to answer this question convincingly.

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Mr Djukanovic may hope to keep influence behind the scenes, although he knows that Ivo Sanader, his former counterpart in Croatia, tried and failed to do this (and now stands accused of massive corruption).

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